diff --git a/src/motif/menu.cpp b/src/motif/menu.cpp
index a65a5df03b..46e9e5a15f 100644
--- a/src/motif/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/menu.cpp
@@ -656,8 +656,8 @@ void wxMenu::SetForegroundColour(const wxColour& col)
 
 void wxMenu::ChangeFont(bool keepOriginalSize)
 {
-    // Lesstif 0.87 hangs here, but 0.93 does not
-#if !wxCHECK_LESSTIF() || wxCHECK_LESSTIF_VERSION( 0, 93 )
+    // Lesstif 0.87 hangs here, but 0.93 does not; MBN: sometimes it does
+#if !wxCHECK_LESSTIF() // || wxCHECK_LESSTIF_VERSION( 0, 93 )
     if (!m_font.Ok() || !m_menuWidget)
         return;
 
diff --git a/src/motif/utils.cpp b/src/motif/utils.cpp
index 13133ceeac..a28fd9af4c 100644
--- a/src/motif/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/motif/utils.cpp
@@ -928,8 +928,8 @@ void wxDoChangeBackgroundColour(WXWidget widget, wxColour& backgroundColour, boo
 
 extern void wxDoChangeFont(WXWidget widget, wxFont& font)
 {
-    // Lesstif 0.87 hangs here, but 0.93 does not
-#if !wxCHECK_LESSTIF() || wxCHECK_LESSTIF_VERSION( 0, 93 )
+    // Lesstif 0.87 hangs here, but 0.93 does not; MBN: sometimes it does
+#if !wxCHECK_LESSTIF() // || wxCHECK_LESSTIF_VERSION( 0, 93 )
     Widget w = (Widget)widget;
     XtVaSetValues( w,
                    wxFont::GetFontTag(), font.GetFontTypeC( XtDisplay(w) ),